Experts Directory

The San Diego State University Experts Directory is a rolodex for reporters, designed to assist journalists in their search for subject-matter experts on a variety of topics and academic research areas.

For Faculty Interested in Joining the Experts Directory

Faculty interested in joining the Experts Directory are encouraged to contact Senior Director of Media Relations Cory Marshall for more information.

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For questions or assistance in coordinating an interview with one of the university’s subject-matter experts, please contact a member of the SDSU media relations team.
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Katrina Pariera

Katrina Pariera

Associate Professor, Center for Communication, Health and the Public Good DirectorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Sexual health, sexual communication, social norms, social support, parent child communication, parents of trans+ children, friendships and difficult conversations.

Andrew Pavlov

Andrew Pavlov

LecturerCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Cultivate Physical Therapy & Wellness Services, clinical mentoring and physical therapy orthopedic and sports treatment and ACL research.

Alanna Peebles

Alanna Peebles

Assistant ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

children and media; adolescents and social media; media effects and impacts on individuals

Ramona Perez

Ramona Perez

Professor and Graduate Advisor of Latin American StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersAnthropologySan Diego[email protected]619-594-1155

Area of Expertise

Anthropology, geography, public health, social work, criminal justice, and medicine. Qualitative and mixed methods research on the use and benefits of such methodologies. Binational youth identity and family composition, migration and the transmission of identity between mothers and their children, domestic violence, female empowerment, shifts in culinary food practices and nutrition, migrant youth in the context of deportation and survival, and the moral economy of lead poisoning in ceramic production.

Sonia Peterson

Sonia Peterson

Assistant ProfessorCollege of EducationAdministration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary EducationSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Psychiatric rehabilitation, counselor education, disability policy, and universal design in higher education

Joy Phillips

Joy Phillips

Associate Research ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySan Diego[email protected]619-488-2169

Area of Expertise

SDSU BioScience Center, vaccines, vaccine development, vaccinology, universal flu vaccine, emergency therapy for respiratory infection, immunology, immune system, flu, influenza, infectious disease, pulmonary infection, age-related disease, aging, innate immunity, veterinary therapeutic development, medical Cannabis, cannabidiol, and COPD and drug repurposing to decrease the death rate from COVID-19.

Elizabeth Ann Pollard

Elizabeth Ann Pollard

Senate Distinguished Professor for Teaching ExcellenceCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

witches, magic, and witchcraft accusation, Roman history, comics and social justice, comics and history, comics and witchcraft, comics and pre-1500 sequential art

Vadim Ponomarkenko

Vadim Ponomarkenko

ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Undergraduate research, combinatorics, number theory and mathematics

Jess Ponting

Jess Ponting

Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Surf ResearchCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsL. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementSan Diego[email protected](619) 594-8499

Area of Expertise

Sustainable tourism, surfing, surfing tourism, sustainable tourism certification, surf parks, blue economy and marine protected areas.

Jill Preminger

Jill Preminger

ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Hearing loss in adults, untreated hearing loss in older adults, and auditory management for adults with hearing loss.

Jessica Pressman

Jessica Pressman

Professor and Director of Graduate StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersEnglish and Comparative LiteratureSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Bookishness, electronic literature, digital literature, digital literacy, digital humanities, mermaids, 20th and 21st experimental literature, modernism, digital modernism, media studies, book history, media theory and new media.

Kimala Price

Kimala Price

Professor and ChairCollege of Arts and LettersWomen's StudiesSan Diego[email protected]617-595-0421

Area of Expertise

Reproductive justice, reproductive policy and politics, women, law and policy, feminist social movements and activism, intersectionality, gender, race, and class.

Sonja Pruitt-Lord

Sonja Pruitt-Lord

Professor and Associate DeanCollege of Health and Human ServicesSan Diego[email protected]619-594-8651

Area of Expertise

Child language disorders, specific language impairment, culturally and linguistically diverse populations, poverty and language development, assessment principles. improving methods of assessment for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to prevent misdiagnosis of language disorders and reduce health and educational disparities with the aim to equip families, students, educators, community agencies, and policy makers with the tools needed to facilitate children’s language and cognitive development.

Byron Purse

Byron Purse

Assistant ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Physical organic chemistry, organic chemistry, chemical biology, nucleic acids chemistry, chemistry of DNA, RNA, and gene expression, fluorescent molecular probes, molecular recognition and molecular self-assembly.

John Putman

John Putman

ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySan Diego[email protected]619-594-4888

Area of Expertise

Historian of the modern American West and California History; Political and Cultural History of post-Civil War United States, especially post World War 2; Expert in Star Trek also as I teach a course on recent US history and Star Trek.

Amy Quandt

Amy Quandt

Assistant ProfessorGeographySan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Environmental planning and policy, geography of food and food systems, political ecology, social-ecological systems and livelihoods.

Penelope Quintana

Penelope Quintana

ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSan Diego[email protected]619-594-1688

Area of Expertise

She has a research focus on exposure assessment and environmental justice, especially environmental exposures to children and vulnerable populations at the US-Mexico border.

Linda R. Lara-Jacobo

Linda R. Lara-Jacobo

Assistant ProfessorSan Diego State University Imperial ValleySchool of Public HealthImperial Valley[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Toxicology, environmental health, toxicogenomics, environmental epidemiology and science diplomacy.

Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta

Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta

ProfessorSan Diego State University Imperial ValleySpanish and Portuguese Languages and LiteraturesImperial Valley[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Corrido studies, US-Mexico border literary and cultural studies. Narcoculture, violence in mexican music.

Kristin Rebien

Kristin Rebien

Associate ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersEuropean StudiesSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

German culture, politics, literature, and language; Germany and the European Union; European integration; German reunification; East Germany and the GDR; East-West relations in Germany and Europe

Rachael Record

Rachael Record

Associate ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Health communication, campaigns, tobacco, interventions, community outreach, behavior change, persuasion, social media, thirdhand smoke and translation.

Daniel Reinholz

Daniel Reinholz

Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSan Diego[email protected]

Area of Expertise

Data analytics, equity, faculty development

Randy Reinholz

Randy Reinholz

ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmSan Diego[email protected]619-594-0229

Area of Expertise

Producer, director, playwright, actor, and activist. Playwright retreats, director, producer, Native Voices, perfroming arts, community engagement and innovative programs.